New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FIRE BRIGADES ACT 1989 - SECT 20A

20A Hazardous material incidents outside area to which Act applies

(1) The Commissioner may, at the request of a port authority, permit any members of a fire brigade to attend the site of a hazardous material incident (whether land-based or otherwise) on that part of State waters in relation to which the port authority exercises functions.

(2) At the site of such a hazardous material incident the members of the fire brigade may take such measures as the officer in charge of the members thinks proper for the protection and saving of life and property, for confining and ending such an incident and for rendering the site of such an incident safe.

(3) In such a case the provisions of this Act apply to the hazardous material incident and to anything done at the site of the incident as if the incident were not on State waters.

(4) In this section:
"port authority" means:

(a) the Minister administering the Ports and Maritime Administration Act 1995 , or

(b) a Port Corporation (within the meaning of the Ports and Maritime Administration Act 1995 ) exercising port safety functions (within the meaning of that Act).

"site" includes any area in the vicinity of the incident as is for the time being determined by the officer in charge.
"State waters" has the same meaning as in the Marine Pollution Act 1987 .